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Old 06-01-2007, 12:47 AM
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Today as I was going through the source code of MINIX I found many multilined #define preprocessors and some weird 0x755 expressions of that sort..
I was unable to comprehend them...Please tell me what they are and how to Control Registers.
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It sounds like something where memory/register addresses are being set manually. There may be some assembly code in their as well. Note: I have not looked at MINIX source code.
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